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Raising kids is never easy. Eliza, a stay-at-home mom of two, hilariously finds this out in seemingly endless day where she must plan a birthday party, deal with her scatter-brained husband, save her car from being towed, and write an essay for a parenting magazine before the fast-approaching deadline. Starring Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards and Minnie Driver.
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19 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
totally fun / totally entertaining... UMA wins you over as a mom...
November 18, 2009
By Compusurge
Format:DVD
Greenwhich Village, NY (specifically the west village) provides the backdrop for this totally fun romantic comedy about a mom who has to plan out one crazy, yet typical mom-day that in this instance includes tonight's 6 year b-day party, but also includes protecting her car, saving her bike, getting the right goodie-bags, befriending her friend (Minnie Driver)and of course writing her blog about being a mom. Whew....
Uma Thurman, in a role so entirely different than anything she's done before, plays 'mom' and is fantastic! Her relationship with her husband (Anthony Edwards) seem quite real-life in that he wants to be of help but hey... he is a man, right? There IS a bit of magic between them indeed and while it might not be on the scale of "Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan" (yet), it peeks through nonetheless and proves itself by the end of the film in a scene sure to win you over entirely. I could envision the two together in more films going forward...
Minnie Driver plays the perfect supporting role as 'insightful best friend' and while the movie runs along a somewhat predictable course at times, it also provides some very nice surprises and follows that formula that always wins while laying in some interesting insights into what it's like to be a mom. I can see the mommy-blogs launching new discussions for sure and a plethora of subjects. OK OK... I realize that I am not a mom, but I am married to one...
If you enjoy films like Moonstruck, Sleepless in Seattle, Mask, You've Got Mail and so on, Motherhood is a likely winner for you.
Uma Thurman, in a role so entirely different than anything she's done before, plays 'mom' and is fantastic! Her relationship with her husband (Anthony Edwards) seem quite real-life in that he wants to be of help but hey... he is a man, right? There IS a bit of magic between them indeed and while it might not be on the scale of "Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan" (yet), it peeks through nonetheless and proves itself by the end of the film in a scene sure to win you over entirely. I could envision the two together in more films going forward...
Minnie Driver plays the perfect supporting role as 'insightful best friend' and while the movie runs along a somewhat predictable course at times, it also provides some very nice surprises and follows that formula that always wins while laying in some interesting insights into what it's like to be a mom. I can see the mommy-blogs launching new discussions for sure and a plethora of subjects. OK OK... I realize that I am not a mom, but I am married to one...
If you enjoy films like Moonstruck, Sleepless in Seattle, Mask, You've Got Mail and so on, Motherhood is a likely winner for you.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By Ohioan
Format:DVD
I loved this movie. The Norman Rockwell/"Leave it to Beaver" view of motherhood never worked for me. Life is a wonderful, funny, heartbreaking juggling act...and I think this film "gets it." As I've raised my brood in a rural community, I was amused and fascinated by the film's take on raising kids in the city. Overall...the film fascinated me...amused me...touched me. It was one of the better films I've seen recently. It's smart, and the humor comes out of irony.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is probably a really good movie that lots of people will truly enjoy. I can say that this little story about a day in the life of this family, and especially the mother, does have a certain charm to it. And the acting is very well done.
But here is the thing that really turned me off: This day is very hectic. My, my. All the things the mother has to do in this day. What a busy, almost intolerable day. My. my. Of course, most of us have to do all that stuff, and still go to work. We get up at 4:30 every morning, do EVERYTHING this mother has to do, put in 8 serious hours, commute, trust our children to daycare, come home, clean, cook, shop, be cheerful....
Some people think that is a choice. But for most of us, it isn't. It is just the reality of needing a paycheck. So, this movie just didn't click with me. I felt like I was watching Marie Antoinette say, "Let them eat cake."
I don't think I've ever been so sarcastic in a review, but this movie was just very, very, very shallow.
But here is the thing that really turned me off: This day is very hectic. My, my. All the things the mother has to do in this day. What a busy, almost intolerable day. My. my. Of course, most of us have to do all that stuff, and still go to work. We get up at 4:30 every morning, do EVERYTHING this mother has to do, put in 8 serious hours, commute, trust our children to daycare, come home, clean, cook, shop, be cheerful....
Some people think that is a choice. But for most of us, it isn't. It is just the reality of needing a paycheck. So, this movie just didn't click with me. I felt like I was watching Marie Antoinette say, "Let them eat cake."
I don't think I've ever been so sarcastic in a review, but this movie was just very, very, very shallow.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
great movie
"Motherhood" is a great movie for anyone who has a busy life, has or has had children, and understands the chaos this brings. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Norma L.
3.0 out of 5 stars
slight but often perceptive look at harried motherhood
***1/2
Eliza Welsh is what one of the characters in "Motherhood" refers to derisively as an "urban mom. Read more
Eliza Welsh is what one of the characters in "Motherhood" refers to derisively as an "urban mom. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Roland E. Zwick
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funny movie!
This was a very funny movie and well worth the hour and a half or so spent watching it... A lot of reviewers seem to want perfection as they see it in a movie about a mom making... Read more
Published 23 months ago by bluesundown
1.0 out of 5 stars
not worth it!
This had to be the worst movie I have ever seen in my life!! the message was nothing that acting was horrible! Just the worst movie possible!
Published on April 24, 2011 by lilac
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well, I Liked It
I actually thought this movie was very good. I'm a single mother of one so I have no husband and no support system but I could still identify with this movie. Read more
Published on April 3, 2011 by Kendra L. Johnson
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't waste your money
This movie is not a comedy at all. It's full of irony which make you smile crookedly but it does not entertaining at all. Read more
Published on January 19, 2011 by Serg
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not too funny
Personally, I didn't really like the movie. Maybe it was because I thought that it was too depressing for me. Read more
Published on December 12, 2010 by joanna sees
3.0 out of 5 stars
Surprise Inclusion
It started out to be a nice comedy about motherhood and I have 6 grandchildren so I expected it to be a totally clean movie. Read more
Published on November 30, 2010 by Karen A. Goettel
1.0 out of 5 stars
One of the slowest movies I've seen in a while
I don't typically write reviews, but I do read them before I buy something. This movie was $7 for a Blu Ray, and having kids myself, thought it would be fun to watch the mom... Read more
Published on November 28, 2010 by Agatha
3.0 out of 5 stars
Frazzled mom--but why?
Motherhood is about a Greenwich Village mom Eliza, who is so busy
taking care of her kids, her elderly next-door neighbor and feeling
inadequate about the fact that she... Read more
taking care of her kids, her elderly next-door neighbor and feeling
inadequate about the fact that she... Read more
Published on November 27, 2010 by Marysz
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